Identification of Cpgp40/15 type Ib as the predominant allele in isolates of Cryptosporidium spp. from a waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis in South Burgundy, France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 589-591

  Cohen, Seth ^a   Dalle, Frédéric ^b   Gallay, Anne ^c   Di Palma, Marc ^d   Bonnin, Alain ^b   Ward, Honorine D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d DRASS de Bourgogne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPGP40/15 GENE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.;

EID: 32344434182     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.589-591.2006     Document Type: Article

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